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Massimo Leone is a Professor of Semiotics at the University of Turin (Department of Philosophy) and the University of Shanghai, with extensive international academic engagements across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
His educational background includes:
- Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Sorbonne, Paris, France
- Ph.D. in Art History, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- M.Phil. in Text and Image Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Leone's research centers on semiotics, particularly visual and cultural semiotics, examining historical intersections of religious communication and image theory. His work analyzes early modern visual systems of religious encounter, comparing evangelization methods among Jewish communities in Rome and indigenous populations in Mesoamerica. This bridges art history, religious studies, and semiotic theory to explore how images function in intercultural religious contexts.
He has been recognized with several scientific awards:
- Endeavour Research Award
- Faculty Research Grant from University of Toronto
- Eadington Fellowship
- KHK Visiting Research Fellowship
Leone has secured competitive research funding enabling collaborations at institutions including CNRS (Paris), CSIC (Madrid), École Normale Supérieure (Lyon), and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. His international fellowships demonstrate significant cross-institutional recognition, facilitating comparative studies on visual religious communication across diverse cultural contexts.
